This is a phenomenal 1946 Martin 000-28 in natural. This guitar sounds insane! Its a great player on top of it too. This guitar has a sitka spruce top and Brazilian back, sides, and neck. This is the last year for the herringbone trim as well only adding to the rarity and ascetics of this instrument. There has been a bit of work on this guitar in the past, the bridge has been slightly moved back...

1944 Martin 000-28 VG Here is a great sounding, great playing classic wartime Herringbone Martin that suffered a trauma and the consequent repairs benefitting it an attractive price. The tuning pegs have been replaced and there has been an effective headstock crack repair. The top upper and lower bass bouts are crack free as is the upper treble bout. But the lower treble bout looks like it...

SN: 99451. Gorgeous postwar 000-28 in remarkable condition and crazy good tone. The voice has some dreadnought characteristics with overtones up and down the neck, nice volume and no dead spaces anywhere. I’ve had two luthiers tell me the top is Adi and it may be but it is developing that wonderful dark look that old Sitka gets. This is the year after the herringbone so the top is bound with a...

one of the most incredible guitars I've ever had the pleasure of playing (certainly the best guitar I've owned)
early 1934 C2 archtop converted with original neck to 000-28 flattop by John Greven
unreal
Adirondack top (John picks only the best) with forward-shifted, scalloped x bracing; repro Martin 28 rosette and herringbone trim ('smaller stuff from the 30s'); short scale after...

VG-EC, this is a very nice player's grade instrument that has had some extensive (but well done) repair work, instrument completely refinished, replacement white-bound spruce top with sunburst finish and herringbone top trim (repaired crack below bridge), Brazilian rosewood wood back and sides, a few well repaired back cracks with cleats / patches, non-original 14 fret mahogany neck (not made by...

Here is a really really nice 000-28 that was custom made for a customer of ours. This guitar is 1 11/16 at the nut with a beautiful adirondack top, and Brazilian rosewood back and sides.
This guitar has been professionally set up by our shoppe and plays wonderfully

Serial number 194406. I converted this guitar from the original nylon string specs to steel string back in 2002. The guitar received a new European spruce top with scalloped 5/16" gauge traditional X bracing and style 28 rosette and herringbone top trim. The neck was replaced with a factory made (assembled, carved, fretted, inlaid with abalone dot position markers and finished) neck with a...

WOW. In 1983 Martin decided to give making a pre war replica a try for the very FIRST time, to celebrate their 150th anniversary. This guitar is the result. Many believe this to be Martin's BEST attempt at a pre war reissue. This one received nearly every single pre war feature. No expense or detail or effort was spared! We are talking about Brazilian back and sides (the first time Martin used...

This consignment one-family late 1940 D-28 comes to the shop in extremely clean condition, having been stored unplayed in the midwestern family home for the last 30 or so years. The finished surfaces are clean and bright, as are the covered Grover G-111 tuners. There are small pick wear hits near the pickguard. The two modifications are: 1) Bridge shaved a little on the saddle area 2)...

1930 Martin 0- 28T Tenor Guitar VG+ A rare Golden Era Herringbone tenor and a powerful one. It has certainly been played and quite a bit outdoors most likely as the original finish is worn everywhere. The top has just one hairline that runs from the pickguard down to the bottom and is associated with an area near the side on the lower treble bout that suffered some damage but this is all...

This extremely clean example of an April 1945 D-28 (91965) has a good many of the features of a 1944 D-28, including Adirondack spruce top, Ebony neck reinforcement, flat plate Kluson tuners with plastic buttons and no headstock bushing, herringbone top purling, and beautiful dense Brazilian rosewood back and sides. The one major feature that differs is that instead of scalloped top brace...

This totally remarkable-sounding Martin D-45 was converted at Martin's Custom Shop from a 1967 D-28 (serial number 230047). It's somewhat comparable to a new D-45 Authentic (the guitar is shiny, gleaming mint condition, with not a mark on it), but for the quality of the beautiful, quarter-sawn Brazilian Rosewood (vastly superior to anything currently available from Martin). The specs are pre-war...

(Serial No. 179644) Excellent condition. This is an outstanding bluegrass guitar with all the punch you expect in a older Martin. Nicely aged spruce top and highly figured Brazilian rosewood back and sides. This guitar was gone though recently by luthier Dave Sheppard who reset the neck and dressed the frets. No cracks or crack repairs - not even a guard crack. Has the standard 1 11/16 inch nut...

This converted 1935 Martin F7 is the happy union of seventy-five year old Brazilian Rosewood and one of the best luthiers of our time: David W. Musselwhite. If you’ve been trying to decide between a rare vintage instrument and a high quality modern builder like Kim Walker, this might be a great choice.
At the heart of the project is the 1935 F7 archtop, serial number 595XX, which I found with...

Here is a super special find, a wonderful Vintage 1928 Martin 00-28 Brazilian Rosewood Adriondack Spruce steel string guitar in excellent plus condition in her original hardcase. Outstanding example and she's had the old T frets and fretboard updated and a recent pro reset and this fine instrument is looking, playing, and sounding as good as good as can be. Bottom line - this instrument is in...

This beautiful, vintage 1966 Martin D-28 Brazilian acoustic guitar features crack-free, straight-grained Brazilian Rosewood back and sides, and a crack-free medium-width Sitka Spruce top. It has an exact size replacement Ebony bridge, a recent neck set, refret, and brand new bone nut. It has been fully set up by our luthiers and the playability is excellent. A minor headstock crack is visible,...

We call it "golden tone" and it is what emits from one of those very special guitars that rarely come into the 'Elkcave. When they do, we take note of that day and enjoy it to it's fullest. This Clarence White is such a guitar and Lee was wringing his hands as I prepared to restring and clean it for it's photography session. As the big guy paced over in the corner, he kept throwing glances my...

This 1957 Martin D-28 is a well preserved classic, with it's aged Sitka Spruce top and super straight-grained, perfectly quartered Brazilian Rosewood back and sides. The kind of wood we just dream about these days. The smooth "V" neck makes for effortless playing, and the voice is the classic sound we all associate with the Martin guitar - smooth, present highs, not overly bright,...